What all linguists should know
(about sign languages)
(about sign languages)
Introducing sign language (socio-)linguistics (Kusters & Lucas, 2022) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josl.12522
Frequently asked questions about sign languages (DCAL FAQs): https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/sign-language-facts/faqs
Are signed languages "real" languages? (Petitto, 1994) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237578100_Are_Signed_Languages_Real_Languages_Evidence_from_American_Sign_Language_and_Langue_des_Signes_Quebecoise
What is sign language? (LSA) https://www.linguisticsociety.org/sites/default/files/Sign_Language.pdf
What is sign language? (Schembri, 2013) https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-sign-language-21453
How are sign languages acquired? (Lillo-Martin & Henner, 2021) https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-043020-092357
How many sign languages are there? (Glottolog) https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sign1238
A list of resources for working with deaf researchers and signing communities https://www.juliehochgesang.com/deafling/
Hill, J.C., Lillo-Martin, D.C., & Wood, S. K. (2019). Sign languages: Structures and contexts. London & New York: Routledge.
Baker, A., van den Bogaerde, B., Pfau, R., & Schermer, T. (Eds.,) (2016). The linguistics of sign languages: An introduction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Johnston, T. & Schembri, A. (2007) Australian Sign Language (Auslan): An introduction to sign language linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Leeson, L. & Saeed, J.L. (2012). Irish Sign Language: A cognitive linguistic approach. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Sutton-Spence, R. & Woll, B. (1999). The linguistics of British Sign Language: An introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Valli, C., Lucas, C., Mulrooney, K.J., & Villaneuva, M. (2011) Linguistics of American Sign Language: An introduction. Washington DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Wilcox, S., Martinez, R., & Siyavoshi, S. (2024). Signed language and Cognitive Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wilkinson, E. & Morford, J.P. (2024). Understanding signed languages. New York: Routledge.
Deaf children need language, not (just) speech (Hall, Wyatte & Caselli, 2019) https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723719834102
Ensuring language acquisition for deaf children: What linguists can do (Humphries et al., 2014) https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/donna-jo-napoli/Ensuring%20Language%20Acquisition.pdf
Second verse, same as the first: On the use of signing systems in modern interventions for deaf and hard of hearing children in the USA (Scott & Henner, 2019) https://doi.org/10.1080/14643154.2020.1792071
https://sites.google.com/view/linasigns/bibliography
https://inclusivepedagogyling.hum.uchicago.edu/presentation-recordings/